First Step Fertility is a for-profit surrogacy agency based in Irvine, California. It works with intended parents, gestational surrogates, and egg donors, and the agency describes itself as offering support across all three of those groups. The agency self-reports a 2022 founding date in the Men Having Babies Surrogacy Advisor directory.
It operates as a full-service program, meaning the agency coordinates a journey from end to end rather than handling a single piece of it. According to its listing in the Men Having Babies directory, its services include recruiting and advertising for gestational carriers, screening carriers, matching carriers with intended parents, and journey coordination and case management. The same listing describes egg donation matching and non-medical screening of egg donors, so families who need a donor as well as a carrier can arrange both through one office.
The agency works with LGBTQ+ intended parents alongside other family-building paths. Surrogates apply from across the United States, with the agency asking that applicants live in a state where surrogacy arrangements are workable; the age, pregnancy history, and other eligibility requirements it publishes appear in the table further down this page, along with available fee and compensation information.
Because the program is young, much of what is publicly available about First Step Fertility comes from its own website and directory listing. Intended parents and surrogates who want to know more about the team, current wait times, or how a match is made would get that from the agency directly.
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Reviewers are uniformly positive about First Step Fertility, often describing the team as warm, caring and supportive throughout their experience. Several mention quick, attentive responses to questions and support available at any time, and some highlight the team's professionalism. The reviews are mostly brief and offer few specifics about costs, timelines or how the process works.
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Did a cycle with First Step Fertility and can’t wait for the next! Yan was so nice and super supportive.
View on Google (opens in a new tab)Equipe maravilhosa, super atenciosos, atendimento rápido e dedicado para sanar todas as dúvidas a qualquer momento.
View on Google (opens in a new tab)Simplesmente incrível! Desde o primeiro contato, a equipe demonstrou profissionalismo, atenção e um cuidado que superou todas as minhas expectativas. O suporte é extremamente competente, rápido nas respostas e muito dedicado, sempre disposto a ir além para garantir que tudo saísse perfeito. É raro encontrar um atendimento tão humano, acolhedor e ao mesmo tempo tão eficiente. Sem dúvidas, uma experiência única, que me fez sentir valorizada e segura em cada etapa. Recomendo de todo coração para quem busca excelência, confiança e um serviço feito com paixão!
View on Google (opens in a new tab)Great team and will support you 24/7.
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Not published — ask the agency
Requirements change — confirm with the agency before applying.
See which agencies fit youFirst Step Fertility accepts gestational surrogates between 21 and 39 years old.
Yes. First Step Fertility requires surrogates to have had at least 1 prior pregnancy.
First Step Fertility's citizenship or residency requirement for surrogates: Must live in a surrogacy-friendly U.S. state.
